Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games
Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games| Tournament details |
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| Host country |
Israel |
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| Dates |
16 – 24 July |
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| Teams |
18 |
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| Venue(s) |
3 (in 2 host cities) |
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| Final positions |
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| Champions |
 Israel |
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| Runners-up |
 Netherlands |
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| Third place |
.svg.png) Maccabi Modi'im a |
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| Fourth place |
 Argentina |
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| Tournament statistics |
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| Matches played |
40 |
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| Goals scored |
168 (4.2 per match) |
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Football at the 1985 Maccabiah Games was held in Israel starting on 16 July.
The competition was open for men's teams only. 18 teams took part in the competition. Israel won the gold medal, beating the Netherlands 4–0 in the final.[1]
The 18 teams were divided into four groups, two of five teams and two of four teams, with each team playing the others once. The two top teams from each group qualified to the quarter-finals. The rest of the teams were eliminated.
First round
Group A
Group B
Group C
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| 16 July 1985 |
France  | 1–0 |  Peru | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| Maccabi Modi'im | 3–0 |  Chile | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| 17 July 1985 |
Great Britain  | 2–0 | Peru | University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| France | 3–1 | Chile | University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| 18 July 1985 |
| Maccabi Modi'im | 3–1 | Great Britain | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| Chile | 3–3 | Peru | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| 19 July 1985 |
| Great Britain | 6–0 | Chile | University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| 20 July 1985 |
| Maccabi Modi'im | 5–1 | France | University Football Stadium, Tel Aviv |
| 21 July 1985 |
| Maccabi Modi'im | 7–0 | Peru | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| Great Britain | 8–0 | France | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan |
Group D
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| 16 July 1985 |
West Germany  | 2–0 |  Brazil | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
Mexico  | 3–1 |  Venezuela | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| 17 July 1985 |
| Argentina | 3–1 | Brazil | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| Venezuela | 2–1 | West Germany | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| 18 July 1985 |
| Mexico | 1–1 | Argentina | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| Brazil | 2–1 | Venezuela | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| 19 July 1985 |
| Argentina | 5–0 | Venezuela | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| 20 July 1985 |
| Mexico | 2–0 | West Germany | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| 21 July 1985 |
| Argentina | 7–2 | West Germany | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
| Brazil | 4–0 | Mexico | Winter Stadium, Ramat Gan |
Knockout rounds
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
3rd-4th place match
Final
Final ranking
| R |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts. |
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| 1 | Israel | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 11 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Maccabi Modi'im | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 13 |
| 4 | Argentina | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 9 |
| Eliminated at the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 6 |
| 6 |  United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +7 | 6 |
| 7 | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 |  Italy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 3 |
| Eliminated at group stage |
| 9 | Brazil | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 10 | France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 4 |
| 11 |  Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | West Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 2 |
| 13 | Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 2 |
| 14 |  Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 2 |
| 15 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 1 |
| 16 | Chile | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 1 |
| 17 |  Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 |
| 18 |  Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | -15 | 0 |
Notes
a. ^ Modi'im was a delegation which included athletes who couldn't compete under their own flag, such as athletes from South Africa, USSR, Lebanon, Ethiopia and others. In the football tournament the team was made from Maccabi South Africa players.[2]
References
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